Descrizione

First Edition. With twelve illustrations from contemporary photographs on glossy plates. 8vo, publisher's original red cloth lettered on the spine in black. xvii, 237pp. A fine copy, the textblock appears to be pristine and the binding also in excellent condition.

Edizione: one of the best firsthand memoirs of the western frontier, published from manuscripts found among the canton's papers shortly after his death in 1927. a fascinating western life, canton originally lived under the name joe horner who was a cattle russler and robbed a bank comanche, texas. "joe horner" disappeared after escaping from jail, and reinvented himself as frank m. canton. in this life, he eventually became one the west's most respected officers of the law.<br> this memoir contains vivid and colorful descriptions of cowboy life, cattle drives, buffalo hunting, frontier towns, horse thieves, murderers, and the famous wyoming stock growers association cattle wars.